And Shadow Link was looking very carefully. He chuckled. "Ganondorf has 'puppets.' No allies, not even true servants. Only people he pulls around on puppet strings until he's done with them and cuts them off over the abyss. And I refuse to be a puppet."

He stepped back. "That doesn't mean I'm likely to be very polite to any Royals, but then again, there's only one Royal I've ever had interested in and I never planned on killing her. Her being dead really doesn't do anything for what I want."